The Find HTML Help Files tool searches your system for compiled Microsoft HTML Help files (.CHM) and identifies them on screen. This tool is useful if you need to locate, move, delete or obtain more information about compiled Microsoft HTML Help files. For example, if the HTML Help engine cannot find a .CHM file, use the Find HTML Help Files tool to locate and register the .CHM so the HTML Help engine can locate it in the future.
After the files are listed, you can:
Identify where .CHM files are located on your system
Remove duplicate .CHM files
Delete .CHM files you no longer need to use
Register .CHM files
From the Tools tab, double-click Find HTML Help Files.
Click Search. The tool searches your system and displays a list of all .CHM files it finds.
To stop the search at any time, click Stop.
Select a .CHM file from the list.
To view the .CHM in the Windows Explorer, click Explore. Also, from the Windows Explorer you can move the .CHM to a new location.
To delete the .CHM file from your hard drive, click Delete.
Note: To unregister a .CHM file (instead of deleting it) see Unregistering CHM files.
To register the .CHM, click Register. (For more information about registering a .CHM file see HTML Help Registration tool.)
To display the .CHM file in the HTML Help viewer, click View.
Tip: You can rearrange the Name, Extension, Date and Path columns by dragging and dropping the column headings into different column locations.